Motorcycles and mopeds — Florida Permit Test

You must not attempt to share a lane with a motorcycle: the motorcyclist is entitled to the entire lane.

A rider uses the whole width of the lane to steer around whatever is in the road.

You must not attempt to share a lane with a motorcycle. The motorcyclist is entitled to the entire lane.

Motorcycle and moped riders have the same rights and duties as drivers of motor vehicles, and riders committing traffic violations may receive citations.

A bike is a vehicle in both directions: the same claim to the road and the same rules on it.

Motorcycle and moped drivers have the same rights and duties as drivers of motor vehicles.

It is difficult to gauge the speed of a motorcycle, because it takes up less of your field of vision, which interferes with depth perception and can make it look further away than it is.

A small thing coming toward you looks slower and further off than it actually is.

It is difficult to gauge the speed of a motorcycle because they take up less field of vision which interferes with depth perception.

Do not follow too closely behind a motorcycle, because a motorcycle can stop more quickly than other vehicles.

The bike ahead can stop in less room than you can, and the gap is what covers the difference.

Do not follow too closely behind a motorcycle because they have the ability to stop more quickly than other vehicles.

Motorcyclists often slow down by downshifting or rolling off the throttle, which does not turn on the brake light.

The bike ahead can be slowing hard with nothing lit up for you to react to.

Motorcyclists often slow down by down-shifting or rolling of the throttle, thus not activating the brake light.

Never pass a motorcyclist with only a few feet of space, because the gust of wind can make the rider lose control.

The air pushed aside by your car hits the bike hard enough to move it.

Never pass a motorcyclist with only a few feet of space. The wind gust force can cause the rider to lose control.

Maintain more than a four-second buffer between you and a motorcyclist, and increase it in bad weather, gusty winds, on wet or icy roads, on potholes and gravel, and at railroad crossings.

Every one of those is a surface a bike can go down on without warning.

Maintain more than a four-second buffer zone between you and a motorcyclist

Use your turn signals before changing lanes: it is one of the most important things you can do to help motorcyclists stay safe.

A rider has nowhere to go if a car arrives in their lane without warning.

Use your turn signals prior to changing lanes! This is one of the most important actions you can do to help motorcyclists stay safe.

How much of the lane is a motorcyclist entitled to?

The entire lane, as any driver is. A rider uses the whole width of the lane to steer around whatever is in the road. Official Florida Driver License Handbook, p.85: “You must not attempt to share a lane with a motorcycle. The motorcyclist is entitled to the entire lane.”